readytorunbook Chapter 510: The End of Cause and Effect
Chapter 510: The End of Cause and Effect
Chu Zewen nodded and said, "...This ancient book is a high-level space magic weapon. My consciousness and soul accidentally entered the magic weapon and saw the teacher...who is the consciousness of the Jidao Patriarch. The teacher left a legacy in it..."
"You worshipped the Jidao Patriarch as your master?" Pei Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, "So... you have been unconscious for more than a year because your soul is in the magic weapon. Could it be that the Jidao Patriarch set a test?"
Pei Yun had also experienced the situation of passing the test before obtaining the inheritance, so he was not unfamiliar with the method of the Jidao Patriarch.
"Yes, I don't know how long my consciousness has been in the magic weapon. It seems like I have gone through countless years and experienced failure again and again..." Although Chu Zewen is conscious, the tests he experienced in the magic weapon still occupy his mind from time to time.
"Oh? What kind of test is it?" Pei Yun was very interested in this.
Chu Zewen then narrated: "...The senior once told me about the illusion. I entered the illusion set by the teacher and saw my teacher when he was young..."
"You met Xu Jidao when he was young?"
"That's right. As soon as I entered the illusion, I lost my memory and turned into the director of a children's welfare home..."
Chu Zewen said, "Teacher said that he is practicing the way of cause and effect. Only by helping Xu Jidao in the illusion to resolve all the cause and effect on him, the test will be considered successful..."
Xu Jidao was abandoned as an infant and was often isolated by children of the same age during his adolescence. A healthy child like him would have been easily adopted, but due to his environment, he developed a withdrawn and gloomy personality and was not liked by his adoptive parents, so he remained in an orphanage.
After leaving the orphanage as an adult, he found a job that was barely enough to support himself. Unexpectedly, the director gave him a pot of "Flower of Hope". By chance, he traveled to the Haoyu Continent and was reborn.
In the first half of his life on Yuanxing, he had a lot of cause and effect to settle.
Chu Zewen explained in detail how he found Xu Jidao’s parents, family, and companions who grew up with him, etc. Finally, he said: “…In fact, the teacher returned to Yuanxing in his early years to settle these causes and effects, but only the last cause and effect has not been settled…”
"What is it?"
"Dean." Chu Zewen said, "The dean of this welfare home, the one who gave the teacher the 'Flower of Hope' back then, should be related to me by blood, but I don't know which ancestor of mine it was. After all, hundreds of years have passed, so this ancient book was inspired only when it came into my hands..."
Pei Yun suddenly realized. Thinking about the experiences written by Xu Jidao in ancient books, the reason why he left the "Flower of Hope" before ascending was that he realized that the cause of "Flower of Hope" given to him by the dean needed to be fulfilled. In the end, this opportunity fell on Chu Zewen, and accepting him as a disciple was repaying the result.
Chu Zewen took out a storage bracelet and handed it to Pei Yun, saying embarrassedly:
"This ancient book is a precious space magic weapon. It should have belonged to the senior, but the teacher has asked me to recognize it as the master, so it cannot be returned. This storage bracelet contains the resources that the teacher left for the inheritor... As for the inheritance, I am willing to share it with the senior, but this inheritance is not like the jade slips that the senior gave me. I cannot describe or write it down. I can only show it to the senior after I understand it myself."
Pei Yun pushed the storage bracelet back and did not take his things. He shook his head and said, "The inheritance is for those who are destined to get it. Since it is your opportunity, just take it. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in this world is relatively thin. If you don’t have the resources given to you by the Jidao Ancestor, you won’t go far even if you have the inheritance…"
He added, "I have also received inheritance before. These powerful people have special methods when passing on their knowledge. If everyone can obtain the skills, it will not be inheritance..."
Pei Yun also told Chu Zewen about the trip to Z Island to rescue the Zhou and Li families. "The people at the A City headquarters are getting anxious and have started to play their cards one by one. However, the alliance is not so united either. You have been in a coma for more than a year. Wan Xiaoqing told me that many senior officials are ready to make a move..."
"I understand." Chu Zewen's expression became serious. "Now that I have inherited from my teacher, I estimate that I can break through to the Golden Core stage within a year. Once I reach the Golden Core stage, I can face Yi Tianfeng head-on. By then, we should have a winner!"
For a period of time afterwards, Chu Zewen was busy, cleaning up the internal affairs while practicing...
That night, Pei Yun, who had been practicing in the space for more than two months, left the room. She saw Wan Xiaoqing sitting alone in the back garden, holding a wine glass in his hand, drinking red wine leisurely.
Seeing this, Pei Yun went up to say hello. Wan Xiaoqing looked at her with a hint of drunkenness in her eyes and a slight smile on her slightly flushed face. She invited Pei Yun to drink with her.
Pei Yun sat on the rattan chair next to her, with a small round table between them.
Wan Xiaoqing looked at the calm river not far away. Somehow, she felt the desire to talk, and she talked about her past: "...Senior, do you know why I broke up with Zewen?"
"Why?" Pei Yun didn't know why the person in front of her suddenly brought up this, but she still asked.
"Because of my inferiority complex." Wan Xiaoqing said, "When I was in college and was with Zewen, many people were not optimistic about it. I knew in my heart that these people thought I was not worthy of Chu Zewen and that I was just clinging to him. For this reason, I worked hard to keep up with him and prove to others that my abilities were as good as his. As long as I was given time, I would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him..."
"Your idea is not wrong. I also think that you are as good as Chu Zewen. You are now shining in different fields." Pei Yun said sincerely.
Wan Xiaoqing laughed softly, and then seemed to have thought of something and stopped laughing:
"But when I found out that my parents and brother asked Chu Zewen for money, the inferiority complex hidden in my heart was completely torn apart by them. Such a family made me feel that I couldn't hold my head up in front of Chu Zewen. I also didn't want my relationship with Chu Zewen to be mixed with any financial interests..."
She turned to Pei Yun and said, "The relationship between Chu Zewen and I is the most precious thing in my heart. I don't want to taint it with anything, and I don't want the world to think that I am clinging to Chu Zewen for money..."
"So you proposed a breakup?"
"We were both too young back then. This incident was like a thorn in my heart and the fuse that led to our breakup. We suddenly drifted apart in the quarrels. Neither of us expected that we would end up breaking up..."
Wan Xiaoqing said frankly, "... Zewen returned to the headquarters in City A after many years. I was delighted and looking forward to it, but he mentioned another woman's name. When he talked about her, his eyes were full of stars. When I saw the way Zewen looked at this woman, I knew that our relationship could not go back..."
Pei Yun's mind focused and she looked at Wan Xiaoqing with a slightly frown. She could vaguely sense what the person in front of her would say next.
"...His emotions and every move were no longer for me, but for another woman. I tried to save the relationship. I asked Zewen if we could start over, but he refused..."
Wan Xiaoqing and Pei Yun looked at each other and said, "...When he saw the woman return safely, he couldn't control his emotions and went forward to hug her. At that moment, I completely gave up!"
In fact, Wan Xiaoqing didn't need to remind her. Ever since Chu Zewen hugged her that day, she had vaguely realized Chu Zewen's feelings for her. However, apart from that hug, he didn't do anything intimate, nor did he open his mouth to express his feelings to her, so she naturally wouldn't take the initiative to expose his feelings!
Anyway, she will leave Yuanxing in a year or two at most, so just pretend you don't know.
She said: "In three years at most, I will leave Yuanxing."
"Senior, although I love Zewen, even now I still love him, but if you and Zewen are together, I..."
Pei Yun interrupted her and said directly: "I have a Taoist partner, and I love my Taoist partner very much. When I first came to the third base, I said that I was separated from my fiancé. This is true. My Taoist partner is waiting for me in my hometown..."